Riddapit Longhouse

Riddapit Longhouse stands as a stark reminder of medieval life on Dartmoor's margins. This rubble-strewn ruin preserves the layout of a traditional longhouse, where the open moorland community lived and worked in close quarters with their animals, sharing warmth and space in the harsh upland climate.

Today, amidst the heather and granite outcrops of central Dartmoor, the site's low stone walls trace the divisions between human and animal quarters. It's the kind of place that rewards quiet exploration, where you can almost sense the daily rhythms of moorland farming that sustained communities here for centuries.